Combined table



(MedeL) A. K. HOFPMEIER.

Combined Table, Desk, and Toilet Stand. No. 236,588. Patented.Ian.1l,l881.

N.PEIERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGYON u C out the top of the table isincreased to double NrrEn TATES AMOS K. HOFFMEIER, OF LANCASTER,PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED TABLE, DESK, AND TOILET-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,588, dated January11, 1881.

Application filed June 8, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AMos K. HOFFMEIER, of thecity of Lancaster, county of Lancaster, and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Table, Desk, andToilet-Stand. of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 represents the double-top sewingtable, common drawer, and leafsupporter. Fig. 2 shows the two leaves of the top open, that increasesthe size of the top and exhibits two inside lids, one covering the boxof sewing materials and the other the box of toilet and writingmaterials, to be used as a writingdesk. Fig. 3 shows the toilet-lid openand raised, with the inside of box partitioned off as receptacles fortoilet and writing materials, with extended top leaves. Fig. 4 shows thework-box lid open, exhibiting the box for holding the sewing materials.

The nature of my invention consists in the double-top table having twotop leaves, A A, hinged to open from the center, and under the leaves Atwo inside leaves, E E, hinged to open to the center, and forming coversto the desk and toilet-stand G and work-box H.

A A are the two top leaves. opening from the center on hinges B B, andwhen spread its size, making it exceedingly useful as a ladyswork-stand.

(J is the drawer, located below the top, and is drawn out at any time todeposit sewing materials.

D is the slide that is drawn out to support the table-leaf A whenopened. This slide D (ModeL) works in a square-shaped box that extendsacross the table and incloses the slide D, so that it not only guidesthe movement of the slide D, but prevents it from coming in contact withany of the materials in the inside of the table.

E E are the inner lids that cover the workboxes G and H. one lidintended to contain a looking-glass, and the other a frame for se curingscissors and thread in their proper places. The apartment G containsreceptacles for writing and toilet materials, and its lid E, to writeupon as a desk, and intended to have a looking-glass on the inside ofthe lid E. The opposite apartment is a work-box, H, containingreceptacles partitioned off for sewing materials, and a frame on theinside of its lid E, in which the scissors and various sewinginstruments can be inserted and secured.

The top leaves, A A, are hinged to the edge of the table, opening fromthe center, increasin g the size of the table, and supported byboxslides D. The two inside leaves, E E, underneath A A, open upward tothe center, supporting each other in a vertical triangle and unfoldingthe under part of the table-top.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The double-top table having two top leaves, .A, hinged to open from thecenter, and under the leaves A two inside leaves, E E, hinged to open tothe center, and forming covers to the desk and toilet-stand G andwork-box H, all substantially as described.

A. K. HOFFMEIER.

Witnesses:

J. FRANKLIN REIGART, WM. M. HOFFMEIER.

